kitchen; financial situation
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
whiskers; sideburns; sideboards
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to take along; to hold in the hand; to hang (e.g. from the shoulder or waist)
standing statue; standing image
counter for helmets, etc.
-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
portrait; likeness; picture
virile; tough; masculine; intense
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
sluggishly; slowly; ploddingly; stolidly (standing); impassively
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
beforehand; in advance; previously
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
(relative) length; advantages and disadvantages; pluses and minuses; strong and weak points
immediately; at once; right away; directly; in person; first hand
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
to take advantage (of somebody's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on
shoji (paper sliding door)